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(No Model.) y A W. DECKER 8v J. A.. MARSHALL.

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No. 292,628. Patented Jan. 29. 1884.'

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VILLTAM DECKR AND JOSEPH MAVARSHALL, OF DARLUTGTON, INDIANA.

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STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,628, datedY January 29, 1864.

Application filed August 18, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that we,\V. DECKER and J. A. MARSHALL, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Darlington, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana, have in` vented certain new and useful Improvementsin Straw-Stackers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, ysuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iiguresb of reference marked thereonfwhich form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a side elevation of our impro'yed straw-stacker. Fig'. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view.

This invention has relation to straw-stackers; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates the main frame of our improved stacker, which is mounted on two wheels, and attached by its tongue, through the medium of a clevis, .to the rear end of th'e grain-separator, so that it does not need -to be taken down to be movedfrom place to place, nor is it necessary to unbelt it from the separator. i

c designates a hollow shaft, journaled in bearings in the cross-pieces d d of the upright portion of the frame a, and provided with a cross-beam, e, to which the iron carrier-framef is secured.

g designates the main shaft, which passes down through the hollow shaft c, and is stepped in a cross-beam, h, in the lower vpart of the upright portion of the frame a. The main shaft g is provided vat its upper end with a miter-gear wheel, t', which meshes wtha miter-gear, i', on a horizontal shaft, 7c, having its bearings in a box, 7c', on the cross-beam e The other end of the shaft, k isV provided with a pulley, la".

Zis a pulley at the lower end of the main shaft g.

Thearms m m, for raising the carrier, are

hinged to the lower ends of the arms n a of the iron carrier-frame, and are connected ings in the lower ends of the arms s s of the' iron frame f.

The carrier u is hinged upon the rod u, j ournaled in the upper ends of the arms s s of the iron frame f. The rod o is provided on the end nearest the horizontal shaft 7c with a pulley, lw, and the belt m, which operates the endless apron of the carrier, passes from the pulley 702 on the shaft 7c to the pulley w, as shown.

y designates a portion of the frame of the separator, which is represented as being both a center gear and a side gear, in order that it may be understood how the stacker is connected to each class of machines.

z designates the pulley of the center-gear separator. In this .instance the belt that drives the stacker-gearing runs from this pulley to the pulley l on the main shaft g of the stacker. y

z designates the pulley for a side-gear separator, and to connect this kind of machine to the 'stacker the driving-belt runs to a pulley.V y', near the upper end of a vertical shaft, y, journaled in bearings at the side of the upright portion of the frame a, and a short belt is then run from the lower pulley, ya, to the pulley Z on the main shaft gof the stacker.

a designates a stay or rest for holding the carrier when not being operated, and whileA the stacker is being driven from place to place.

To operate the machine the crankrod should be turned to elevate'the carrier tothe proper* incline, which may be any. desired-lone, and when the power is applied the carrier-frame and carrier may be swung around a half-circle on the hollow shaft, directing the straw to any desired point on either side or the rear, as the endless apron operates all the time the carrier-frameA is being turned.

This stacker is quite light, and, as it is attached to the separator, it does not require an extra team to transport it,

Ioo N Hoving thus fully described our invention, l ropes 1J p, connecting the arms m m and the whatwe claim as new, and desire to secure by pulleys i' r, substantially as speciiied. Letters Patent, is- In testimony whereof We znx our signatures l In a straw-stacker, the combination, with in presence. of two Witnesses.

5 tie frame a, of the arms n n, pnlleysq l at T i f their upper ends, the arms ss, the shaft fu, pnl- ,u .r leys r o', the carrier u, hinged betweenthe npc j' l j' per ends of the arms s s, the arms m on, hinged \Viinesses: at their lower ends to the arms u n, the fric- '.l. E. BINifonn,

1o tion-rollers o o near their upper ends, und the JOHN HUNT. 

